digiKam disaster

[Pete Smout]

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On 02/11/2014 07:27 AM, rikona wrote:
> Hello Pete,
> 
> Monday, February 10, 2014, 11:06:46 PM, Pete wrote:
> 
>> @google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
>> sent from my HTC.
>> On Feb 11, 2014 6:50 AM, "rikona" <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Pete,
>>>
>>> Monday, February 10, 2014, 9:29:12 PM, Pete wrote:
>>>
>>>> @google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
>>>> sent from my HTC.
>>>> On Feb 11, 2014 1:48 AM, "rikona" <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to search my photo collection for similar, but not identical,
>>>>> pictures. Running updated 12.04. I used to use imageSeek, but that
>>>>> doesn't seem to be available anymore. digiKam is available and
>>>>> supposedly has that function, plus some facial recognition, so I
>>>>> installed it. Unfortunately, in the initial set up I gave it the wrong
>>>>> file folder as the "base folder", and I could not figure out a way to
>>>>> either change it or delete it, but it is NOT where I want things to be.
>>>>> I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it immediately comes back
>> with
>>>>> exactly the same unchangeable set up. Even uninstalled, it leaves
>>>>> behind a very large number of folders and files. So, I thought I'd
>>>>> uninstall it, remove the RC file, the database, and several other files
>>>>> that look like they might have my data. I reinstalled once again and it
>>>>> indeed looked like it was starting over from scratch, so I entered the
>>>>> desired folder and ran the program. Unfortunately, whatever I did
>>>>> **completely** screwed up the program functionality. I can't add, or
>>>>> change, or see, just about anything in the program - NOTHING works. The
>>>>> only item that ends up in the toolbar is 'help'!! A couple more
>>>>> uninstalls and reinstalls did not seem to change anything. It's
>>>>> apparently a kde pgm - does that complicate things, or maybe make it
>>>>> semi-impossible if running Ubuntu?
>>>>>
>>>>> So, how can I get rid of this thing - completely - so another install
>>>>> would look like a brand-new install AND work corrrectly? Or,
>>>>> alternatively, is there some way to fix it so at least the program
>>>>> would work correctly? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>> Sudo apt-get remove --purge digikam should remove program and all conf
>>>> files so when you re-install should be like first run!
>>>> Hope this helps
>>>
>>> Thanks -- tried this, doesn't work. After I ran the above, there were
>>> still loads of files and folders on the disk with 'digik' - same as
>>> before. [Although the basic command 'digikam' is no longer there and
>>> working.] Same as the GUI uninstall/reinstall. It seems as though I
>>> can't get rid of it!! Reinstalled, ran digikam from the CLI, got
>>> HUNDREDS of error msgs! Comes up completely disfunctional - even the
>>> initial 'tips' box has nothing in it. :-) No top menu, nothing
>>> works...
>>>
>>> Something is being installed/set up that is NOT removed by an
>>> uninstall -- and/or -- some file[s] I removed by hand are needed for
>>> it to run. sudo konq no longer works either, so maybe one of those
>>> removed files was needed by kde?? I can't imagine trying to repair a
>>> screwed up kde... :-))
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>  rikona
> 
>> Oops sorry :) sudo apt-get -f install
> 
> Is this to install, or done after install?

This should force (-f) all dependencies and missing lib files that your
system thinks it needs to be installed, hopefully ending any missing
dependency errors!

>> Sudo apt-get configure -a

oops sorry that should have been sudo dpkg configure -a (too early for
me ;))
that should configure all (-a) see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto for more detailed info

> What do these do? I hate to do things I don't understand...

good for you just running random commands (especially as sudo) can be
dangerous!

Good Luck

Pete S

>> Has helped me recover from potential disasters before now!
> 
>> I saw another post on this subject saying about files in home dir,
>> me personally would move or rename them rather than delete so
>> Murphy's law of unintended consequences can be avoided!
> 
> Yep - a good idea - if I was a bit more awake, I might have thought to
> do that too. :-)
> 
>> Hope you get to the bottom of this, although I don't use KDE myself it
>> should be possible to point apps at different folders easily!
> 
> I don't really 'use' kde, [running Ub 12.04] but do like a small
> number of kde pgms. digiKam was the only pgm I could find that seemed
> to do what I wanted.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
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